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This paper sheds light on the transferability of human capital in periods of dramatic structural change by analyzing the unique event of German reunification. We explore whether the comparatively low labor productivity in East Germany after reunification is caused by the depreciation of human capital at reunification, or by unfavorable job characteristics. East German workers should have been hit harder ...
In:
Journal of Comparative Economics
40 (2012), 1, 1-21
| Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Rima Izem
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In this paper we first document inequality trends in wages, hours worked, earnings, consumption, and wealth for Germany from the last twenty years. We generally find that inequality was relatively stable in West Germany until the German reunification, and then trended upwards for wages and market incomes, especially after about 1998. Disposable income and consumption, on the other hand, display only ...
In:
Review of Economic Dynamics
13 (2010), 1, 103-132
| Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Dirk Krueger, Mathias Sommer
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In:
Schmollers Jahrbuch (Proceedings of the "5th International Conference of German Socio-Economic Panel Study Users", ed. by Holst, Elke; Hunt, Jennifer and Schupp, Jürgen)
123 (2003), 1, 209-219
| Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Matthias Schündeln
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In:
Quarterly Journal of Economics
120 (2005), 3, 1085-1120
| Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Matthias Schündeln
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We study the determinants of East–West migration within Germany during the period 1990–2006, using administrative data, the German Microcensus and the German Socio-Economic Panel. We find that in addition to income prospects and employment status, two well-known determinants of migration, psychological and social factors play an important role in determining the migration decision. Men and women move ...
In:
Economics of Transition
14 (2009), 4, 703-738
| Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Matthias Schündeln
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In:
aerztlichepraxis.de, 28. Oktober 2005
(2005),
| Alexa Fuchswinkel
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In:
Rheinischer Merkur online vom 12. August 2010
(2010),
| Benedikt Fuest
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In:
Welt am Sonntag vom 05. Januar 2014
(2014),
| Benedikt Fuest, Michael Gassmann, Olaf Gersemann, Martin Greive
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In:
Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftswissenschaften /Review of Economics
50 (1999), 3, 213-229
| Clemens Fuest, Bernd Huber, Regina T. Riphahn
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Auf kurze Sicht ist die Einkommensverteilung gerechter geworden, auf lange Sicht nicht. Mit guten Gründen.
In:
Die Zeit
(2016), 41, 37
| Clemens Fuest, Rainer Kirchdörfer